Them, for Us

A poem for those who have served. Here in Australia we've just had ANZAC Day, a veterans day. Our ability to express ourselves on this site despite what we are or believe is a direct result of people sacrificing their lives so that we won't have to. So to those brave men and women I say Thanks and Lest We Forget.

Submitted: April 25, 2008

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As they marched in ragged lines

Those soldiers of old, we remember

Their blood soaks foreign lands

So that our did not

Lest we forget!!!

Rows of stark white crosses

Stand at attention

Like the bleached bones that lie beneath

Are all that remains of past youth

Lest we forget!!!

The pain fades, eventually

The memories do not

The dreams of the dead fill the night

Friends lost, never forgotten

Lest we forget!!!

For their eternal sacrifice

We give our thanks

For their service

We are grateful

Lest we forget!!!

Dedicated to those who have served and to those that continue to serve.